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Transcedentalist
The transcedentalist movement was based on the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought.This philosophy was started by Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Abolitionist
An abolitionist is a person who wanted the bannishment of slavery -
Temperance
This was a movement to reduce the use of alcoholic drinks -
Seneca Falls
These were womens conventions over the issues of women rights -
Free Soils
This political party opposed to extension of slavery in the new found territtories -
Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans were a loose faction of American politicians within the Republican Party from about 1854 (before the American Civil War) until the end of Reconstruction in 1877. They called themselves "radicals" and were opposed during the war by moderates and conservative factions led by Abraham Lincoln and after the war by self-described "conservatives" (in the South) and "Liberals" (in the North). -
Populist Party
A U.S. political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers in the 1890s, advocating increased currency. -
Labor Unions
labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. -
Progressive Era
The Progressive Era in the United States was a period of social activism and political reform
